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4-year-old found wandering outside Wednesday morning

Three passersby found a young Omaha girl alone outside near 30th and T streets.

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Updated: 5:25 PM CDT Apr 22, 2015

4-year-old found wandering outside Wednesday morning

Three passersby found a young Omaha girl alone outside near 30th and T streets.

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Updated: 5:25 PM CDT Apr 22, 2015

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WEBVTT HERE IN DOWNTOWN BENSON AT A LAUNDROMAT. MELISSA: A CHILD FOUND WANDERING THE STREETS ALONE AND COLD IN SOUTH OMAHA. BRANDI: THE LITTLE GIRL IS SAFE, THANKS TO A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO STOPPED TO HELP. BUT TONIGHT, THE CHILD'S MOTHER IS CITED. KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S CHINH DOAN IS LIVE NEAR 30TH AND T WITH NEW DETAILS. CHINH: POLICE REPORTS INDICATE THE CHILD AND HER MOTHER LIVE DOWN THE STREET. BUT REPORTING WITNESSES SAY THE 4-YEAR-OLD WAS RUNNING ALONG THE SIDEWALK HERE IN 30-DEGREE WEATHER THIS MORNING. THAT'S WHEN THREE MOMS ON THEIR AND THEIR MOTHERLY INSTINCTS KICKED IN. SHE WAS CALLED, BUT SHE WAS COLD. CHINH : STRANGERS AND FOUND HER WANDERING THE STREETS ALONE. WE ASKED HER WHERE WERE HER PARENTS? SHE SAID THEY WERE HOME. WE ASKED HER WHERE SHE LIVED? SHE JUST POINTED TO THE SIDE. CHINH: TWO OTHER WOMEN WERE CARPOOLING HOME. THIS MOM SAYS THEY WERE THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME. ALL THREE OF US HAVE KIDS. WE JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF IT WAS ONE OF OUR KIDS? CHINH: THEY CALLED POLICE AND BROUGHT THE GIRL INTO THEIR CAR TO WARM UP. SHE WAS WEARING A SWEATER AND SOME LEGGINGS AND SOME SANDALS. CHINH: MEANWHILE, POLICE SAY THE CHILD OF AUSTRIA'S MOTHER CALLED 911 FROM HER HOME. THE 24-YEAR-OLD MOM WAS CITED FOR CHILD NEGLECT. SHE IS A GOOD MOM. CHINH: SHE SAYS IT IS LIKELY AND ACCIDENT DUE TO THE UNSTABLE DOOR LOCKS. IT IS REAL EASY FOR THE LITTLE ONE TO COME OUT AND FOR HER NOT TO KNOW IT. CHIN H: THESE MOMS SAY KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON YOUR KIDS. THE CHILD WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MOTHER. I SPOKE TO THE MOTHER, SHE SAID THE CHILD IS FINE.

4-year-old found wandering outside Wednesday morning

Three passersby found a young Omaha girl alone outside near 30th and T streets.